Abstract
The effects of liquid velocity, nozzle diameter, gas chamber volume and gas flow rate on volumes, shapes and growth curves of bubbles formed at a nozzle submerged in a cocurrently upward flowing liquid in a bubble column were experimentally investigated. The bubble volume decreases with increasing liquid flow velocity. The effect of liquid flow velocity on the volume of bubble increases with an increase in the gas flow rate. To simulate bubble formation at a nozzle submerged in cocurrently upward flowing liquid, a revised non-spherical bubble formation model was proposed. Bubble volumes, bubble growth curves and shapes experimentally obtained in this study, as well as in previous experimental studies, are well predicted by the present model.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 458-464 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 Jan 1 |
Keywords
- Bubble
- Bubble column
- Bubble formation
- Bubble formation model
- Liquid flow
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemical Engineering(all)